We have no desire to engage in confrontation with anybody.
These were black-bloc activists – some anarchist, some communist, some apolitical – in general more willing to engage in confrontation and property damage (thus the efforts to anonymise themselves).
Opening the "strategic economic dialogue" on Wednesday morning, Vice Premier Wu Yi warned the American delegation not to engage in "confrontation and finger pointing" or in "politicizing trade issues," and suggested that American leaders were blaming China for their country's own economic shortcomings.
The Global Times editorial, meanwhile, said local provincial officials were not behind changes to the New Year message, adding that activists outside China's media industry - including US-based blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng - had been "inciting some media to engage in confrontation".
Anyone who does act too aggressively is quickly pushed back by protest organisers, but neither the police nor army show any sign of wanting to engage in confrontation themselves.
Since its formation, Al-Qaeda has sought to seize state power and enter the political process through violent means and simultaneously engage in confrontation with any state or ideology that does not adhere to its interpretation of Islam.
Whatever Mr. Obama's shortcomings, as president he has been: 1) quite moderate, by the standards of advanced democracies generally and the American policy mainstream in particular; 2) eager to compromise -- and loath to engage in confrontation -- with his political opponents; and 3) devoted to reasonableness.
The higher the score on the 'Conflict handling: engage in confrontation' dimension, the more likely the physician is to engage in confrontation with the client in the event of a difference of opinion.
The variables 'Interview: limitations not checked', 'Interview: respond to client', 'Conflict handling: engage in confrontation' and 'Conflict handling: play down differences' were omitted from the model.
Most shipping companies, in turn, opt to pay the expensive ransoms demanded by Somali pirates to release hijacked ships rather than engage in confrontations.
